A very much-delayed as well as the last blog post on my Hong Kong trip travelled last year. Please continue to stay tune to my Hong Kong documentation work updates in the coming May!In most of my Hong Kong trips, i always find time has somehow slowed down in Sham Shui Po (poorest district in Hong Kong). In the 1950′s big licences stalls flourished. In the 1970′s industries boomed and made a peak for shops and businesses. Apart from regular shops, there were many shops here which reflected the poor livelihood of the past century pawnshops, repairing broken pots, sharpening kitchen knives, etc. Old shops which have disappeared elsewhere are still lingering here with their afterglow. Even when faced with urban redevelopment, sunset industries, skills and crafts with no heirs, the old owners are still persisting.

Here's a 40-year-old Hong Kong shop located in Sham Shui Po - Leung Tim Choppers Factory. It is, as you could imagine, bristling with choppers of every weight and variety.

Leung Tim Choppers Factory has been here for three generations, and is now managed by Leung Tim’s son, Leung Hung. The proudest item it has ever made is the “Wing Chun Eight-Chopping Knife”.

每天都会镇守在梁添刀厂老板的梁添妻子。

店內各式貨物堆積如山，很有老店的味道。

The factory has an enduring relationship with the Wing Chun martial arts school, ever since the great master Yip Man (叶问) came to Sham Shui Po to set up a gym. According to the owner Leung Hung, in those days, martial arts gyms would ask his grandfather to make Wing Chun Eight-Chopping Knives and to-date, they are still making them. Until now, Wing Chun gyms throughout Hong Kong, and also those abroad, have been asking them to make knives.

Fancy your own backyard Peking duck roaster ($3800 for a 10-bird capacity), an industrial-strength wok burner or a gleaming, mean-looking set of weighted stainless steel cleavers, each engraved with the Two Tigers One Globe logo of its Hong Kong manufacturer? It's all here at Leung Tim Choppers Factory.

The chopper display behind the counter is impressive. But the wok selection is equally awesome, including the popular carbon steel and wood-handled variety and a very cool line in lightweight cast iron. From the towers of steamer baskets you can choose from basic bamboo, steel-rimmed bamboo or the glossy stainless type, designed for fish and poultry. Then there's every ladle, noodle-dipper, gold-mesh "spider" sieve, wok brush and plastic squeeze bottle the serious and not-so-serious Chinese cook ever dreamed of.

You can find enormous woks at Leung Tim Choppers Factory and unlike non stick woks which you can't heat to super high, you can heat the ones found in Leung Tim high enough to get the much sought after "breath of the wok".

The long history of Leung Tim Choppers Factory has been affected by eventful times, but two things remained: their passion and enthusiasm for extraordinary knives. The success of their product line, as well as the long tradition of its factory production gives them a reason to continue designing and producing high quality knives. If you need a solid, high quality kitchen knife that will last you for many years, you can't go wrong with one of these from Leung Tim Factory in Hong Kong!